TZAR FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

DOT# 3986455 MC# 1494224 Griffith, IN Authorized For-Hire
(219) 309-4473 office@tzarfreight.com 223 N Ernest St, Griffith IN 46319
12 tractors · all leased 17 drivers 875k mi/yr · ~73k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 40.1 / 100
Moderate confidence
4 yrs history · 25 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
17 · 17
Annual miles
875k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 12 0 12
Trailers 0 10 0 10

Registration

Registered
11-16-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-04-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DUSAN BOZOVIC

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 2.0× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.31×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.6 vs 1.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.6
Similar fleets
1.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~5%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 5 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2.5 a year), including 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.54× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.29× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Tires and lights
    Tires are 4 of 19 violations (21%). Tire or light defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
5
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
25
44% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
75.0%
6 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 25
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
7 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Indiana (about 12 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 14,144 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.034
Inspections 1.29 1.23
Violations 0.79 0.97
Critical violations 0.25 0.18

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 7 OOS
    Tires 4 · Lights 3 · Wheels & hubs 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Reckless / lane 2 · Phone use 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    No log 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jun
    1
    2026
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Mar
    19
    2026
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Aug
    6
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Mar
    12
    2025
    Tennessee
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Nov
    4
    2024
    Maryland
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · MS Transverse Insurance Company
on record since Oct 24, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2022
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: CANAL INSURANCE CO. → MS Transverse Insurance Company (Oct 2025); HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC → CANAL INSURANCE CO. (Dec 2024); PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY → HOXBRIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY INC (Dec 2023)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Oct 24, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 8, 2022)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Tennessee 5
  • Kentucky 4
  • Georgia 3
  • Ohio 3
  • Mississippi 2
  • Oklahoma 2
  • South Carolina 2
  • Illinois 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 1 of 25 inspections were in Indiana.